S. Korean Delegation Arrives in Pyongyang for Family ReunionsA South Korean delegation of separated families arrived at Pyongyang Sunan airport by a Korean Air plane Thursday, November 30, afternoon to start a three-day family- reunion visit.The group, led by Pong Du-wan, vice president of the Korea National Red Cross, consists of 100 members of separated families, 30 supporting personnel and 20 journalists. The same plane is expected to return to Seoul within two hours, carrying 136 people, including 36 staff members and journalists from the Democratic people's Republic of Korea (DPRK), to South Korea for family reunions. The group reunions, the second since the Korean Peninsula was divided 50 years ago, will start at 4:30 p.m. (1330 GMT) at the Koryo hotel in Pyongyang and at the Millennium Hall of the Central City in Seoul, respectively. Under an agreement signed by the two sides, the visitors will have five rounds of reunions with their family members, including two rounds of individual reunions in their own rooms. The DPRK and South Korea began to exchange separated-family delegations on August 15 this year. At the historic inter-Korean summit on June 13-15 in Pyongyang, DPRK leader Kim Jong Il and South Korean President Kim Dea-jung agreed to plans for reunions of separated families. |
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